How has the Islamic view of marriage family formation and child rearingdeveloped and adapted over the centuries? Is contraception just permitted oractively enco... » 

How has the Islamic view of marriage family formation and child rearingdeveloped and adapted over the centuries? Is contraception just permitted oractively encouraged? The family is the basic social unit of Islamic society.Even without compelling population pressures there has been concern withspacing and family planning. This book is the result of a massive researchproject gathering fourteen centuries the seventh to the twentieth of viewson family formation and planning as expressed by leading Islamic theologiansand jurists. The work has been discussed and shaped at each stage by acommittee of Islamic experts representing the majority of the Muslim countries.The book provides a much needed source of reference and will be of equal valueand interest to professionals in health care and development work and to thoseworking in the academic disciplines of Middle East studies religion andpopulation studies. «